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Top 25 AI search companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 154 AI search companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,076 professional contacts across them, including 3,177 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers AI search companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
154Companies
6,076Contacts tracked
3,177Verified emails
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The 25 largest AI search companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 154 AI search companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to AI search companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,693 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AlphaSense is the technology behind the business world’s most important decisions – from Wall Street to boardrooms across every major industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Strong evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000811 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Algolia is a leading AI search and discovery platform, powering more than 1.75 trillion queries each year for over businesses worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500589 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Conductor, we’re on a mission to help companies realize the full potential of their AI search presence and translate their wisdom into content that helps people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500253 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Botify’s AI search solutions give brands the power to be found everywhere, by consumers, bots, and agents alike.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200241 contacts →

Strong evidence

“You.com provides the leading Web Search APIs for AI.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500205 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lucidworks makes search a superpower-ensuring the right information reaches the right people at the right time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceEl Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200110 contacts →

Partial evidence

SearchStax - the Search Experience Company - enables marketers and developers to deliver fast, relevant website search experiences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5066 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Allganize helps insurance, finance, SaaS companies automate answering questions from a myriad of complex text documents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceMountain View, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50056 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Agentic AI Suite for modern customer support.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5049 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Chroma builds data infrastructure for AI

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidencePasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“X1 creates exceptional solutions for people and organizations that need to find information, whether on individual desktops or company networks at the fastest speeds in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Parallel Web Systems, we’re bringing a new web to life: it’s built with, by, and for AIs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceGlen Allen, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

SearchBlox is the company behind SearchAI, an agentic search platform built for enterprises and eCommerce.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Strong evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00036 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Upland BA Insight is an AI-enablement platform that covers the core AI use cases of search, discovery, augmentation, generation, and delivery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSunnyvale, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded by Dr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5035 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pureinsights transforms how organizations interact with information, using AI technologies like Generative AI, Vector Search, and NLP.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Organizations do not slow down because they lack data.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We Structure the World's Knowledge.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tursio is a database search tool that connects internal data to business users and AI agents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1024 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Andi is search for the next generation using generative AI.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Get hired today.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shaped is the real-time retrieval engine for search, feeds, and agents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Strong evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5021 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Linkup, we get your AI off airplane mode and connect it to the internet with our state-of-the-art web search API.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Action on AI Search with Athena.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“iAsk is an AI search engine that delivers the fastest and most accurate responses in seconds, making it an attractive option for users looking for a more intuitive and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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AI search companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
52.3%Verified-email coverage
39.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
17.5%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
79
11-50
55
51-200
12
201-500
4
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 154 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among AI search companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “AI search companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names AI search companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among AI search companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,177 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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AI search companies by metro

  • AI search companies in San Francisco27

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names AI search companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many AI search companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 154 AI search companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Alphasense, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most AI search companies?

San Francisco leads with 27 headquartered companies, followed by New York (14) and Sunnyvale (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,177 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 154 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.